Fence-post.



' PATBNTED MAR. 24 1903.

w. s. BARKER.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION rum) JULY 3. 1901.

N0 MODEL.

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mus Pzrzns co.. Imam-um UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SEWARD BARKER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

FENCE- PosT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 723,435, dated March 24,1903) Application filed July 8, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM SEWARD BAR- KER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, have invented a newand useful Fence-Post, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, forming part thereof,in which drawings like characters of reference indicate the same parts.

My invention relates to improved means for attaching the fence-body tothe fenceposts.

Figure 1 is aside elevation view of a fencepost, showing the fence-wiresor fence-body in cross-section and said attaching means, the upper partof said post being in central vertical section to more clearly show saidattaching means; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one ofthe attaching-links.

In said drawings, 10 represents one of the posts, which is provided witha plurality of openings 11 therethrough at substantially right angles tothe height of said post. Through said openings 11 pass links 12,preferably formed of wire and having hooks 13 and'14 formed on oppositeends of each of saidlinks 12,each of said hooks 13 and 14 being turnedat substantially right angles to each other, the hook 13 clasping thefence-wires 15 against one face of the post 10 and is held in suchposition bya wedge or wedge-shaped nail 16 passing through each of thehooks l4 and binding against the opposite face of the post 10. Thetighter said wedges 16 are driven the tighter said hooks 13 clamp thefencewire 15. Each of said hooks 1 3 and 14 are respectively providedwith relatively long Serial No. 66,957. (No model.)

ends 17 and 18, extending toward the center The combination of afence-post having a plurality of openings therethrough, a link passingthrough each of said openings, a hook on the opposite ends of each ofsaid links, said hooks projecting beyond the fence-post, fence-wiresembraced by said hooks projecting from one side of the post, Wedges insaid hooks projecting from the opposite side of said fence-post forbinding said fence-wire to said post, said hooks upon opposite ends ofsaid links being provided with relatively long end projections extendingfrom opposite sides into said openings through said post and terminatingwithin the body of said post, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, this1st day of July, 1901, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM SEWARD BARKER.

Witnesses:

L. D. HELLER, U. C. JAooBs.

